Three down, nine to go as we are already a quarter of the way through the season. Same format as we break down the defensive performance at each of the three levels organized by alignment, assignment, and technique. The players listed in each group are in order of how noticeable they were to me, but potentially not every player who saw action, especially when so many guys participated in this tilt. Let us know how you feel about the defensive performance with our poll and in the comments below.
Defensive Line: A- (Turay, Lumor, Davis, Joseph-Day, Previlon, Turner, Wilkins, Griggs)
Alignment: The defensive line was simply dominant (as they should have been), playing mostly 40 fronts.